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Job Description
We’re looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer (6-8 years’ experience) to join our dynamic team.
Responsibilities
- Lead the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of infrastructure components across diverse servers and cloud providers, adhering to the company best practices for security, reliability, and performance.
- Strategize and implement server management approaches across different regions, ensuring optimal performance and redundancy.
- Proactively monitor server health and address issues related to resource utilization.
- Develop and implement SaaS cost modeling strategies, ensuring optimal resource allocation.
- Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining high performance and reliability standards.
- Spearhead the implementation and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software development lifecycle.
- Automate testing, deployment, and rollback processes in alignment with company efficiency standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish metrics aligned with customer-centric goals, employing the company “Working Backwards” approach.
- Utilize SMART metrics to measure the impact of DevOps initiatives on customer experience and platform performance.
- Serve as a bar raiser in the hiring process, ensuring that new hires meet or exceed the performance standards set by the company.
- Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of hiring processes, incorporating effective technical assessments and interviews.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or any IT-related field.
- 6 – 8 years relevant work experience.
- Experience working in a Fintech or marketplace environment.
- Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles.
- Extensive experience in managing infrastructure on multiple cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong expertise in automation and orchestration tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes).
- Proven experience in implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. Knowledge of Spinnaker is a plus.
- Excellent understanding of Ruby, Python, Perl, and Java.
- Configuration and management of databases such as MySQL and Mongo.
- Working knowledge of Linux-based infrastructure.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills.
- Demonstrated experience in SaaS cost modeling, resource allocation, and optimization.
- Ability to analyze cost implications of infrastructure and architecture decisions.
- Experience defining and implementing performance metrics aligned with customer satisfaction and business goals.
- Utilize SMART metrics to measure the success and impact of DevOps initiatives.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated on industry trends.
- Willingness to share knowledge and mentor team members.
- Demonstrated ability to raise the bar in technical excellence and team collaboration.
- Proven track record of contributing to a high-performance work culture.
- Cross-Functional Team(s):
- Engineering, PMO.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@elenasy.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
